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Terrible (The), Ivan IV. or II. of Russia (1529, 1533–1584).

Terror of France (The), John Talbot first earl of Shrewsbury (1373–1453).

Is this the Talbot, so much feared abroad,
That with his name the mothers still their babes
   —Shakespeare: 1 Henry VI. act ii. sc. 3 (1589).

Terror of the World (The), Attila king of the Huns (*—453).

Terry Alts, a lawless body of rebels, who sprang up in Clare (Ireland) after the union, and committed great outrages.

(The “Thrashers” of Connaught, the “Carders,” the followers of “captain Right” in the eighteenth century, those of “captain Rock” who appeared in 1822, and the “Fenians” in 1865, were similar disturbers of the peace. The watchword of the turbulent Irish, some ten years later, was “Home Rule.”)

Tesoretto, an Italian poem by Brunetto preceptor of Dantê (1285). The poet says he was returning from an embassy to the king of Spain, and met a scholar on a bay mule, who told him of the overthrow of the Guelfi. Struck with grief, he lost his road, and wandered into a wood, where Dame Nature accosted him, and disclosed to him the secrets of her works. On he wandered till he came to a vast plain, inhabited by Virtue and her four daughters, together with Courtesy, Bounty, Loyalty, and Prowess. Leaving this, he came to a fertile valley, which was for ever shifting its appearance, from round to square, from light to darkness. This was the valley of queen Pleasure, who was attended by Love, Hope, Fear, and Desire. Ovid comes to Tesoretto at length, and tells him how to effect his escape.

Tessa, in love with Tito Melema.—George Eliot (Mrs. J. W. Cross): Romola (1863).

Tessira, one of the leaders of the Moorish host.—Ariosto: Orlando Furioso (1516).